Hop

1. n. [common] One file transmission in a series
required to get a file from point A to point B on a
store-and-forward network. On such networks (including
UUCPNET and FidoNet), an important inter-machine metric
is the number of hops in the shortest path between them, which can
be more significant than their geographical separation. See
bang path. 2. v. [rare] To log in to a remote machine,
esp. via rlogin or telnet. "I'll hop over to foovax to FTP that."

Hop back. Brewing See under 1st Back. -- Hop cloverBot., a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and T. procumbens). -- Hop fleaZool., a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops. -- Hop flyZool., an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines. -- Hop froth flyZool., an hemipterous insect (Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines. -- Hop hornbeamBot., an American tree of the genus Ostrya (O.Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (O. vulgaris). -- Hop mothZool., a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines. -- Hop picker, one who picks hops. -- Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines. -- Hop treeBot., a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops. -- Hop vineBot., the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.